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Church of St Peter and St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury

A Grade I Listed Building in Bovey Tracey, Devon

  • Church of St Peter and St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury, Bovey Tracey

  • St Peter, Paul & Thomas: mid c15 rood screen (restored)

  • St Peter, Paul & Thomas: c15 pulpit with painted figures in niches

  • St Peter, Paul & Thomas: eagle lectern, c.1600; East Anglian work

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: original church reputed to have been built by Sir William de Tracy after murder of Becket; now mostly c14 & c15

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: unbuttressed c14 west tower of three stages

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: central roof boss set in c15 porch ceiling

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: nave with wagon roof; diamond shaped piers with foliated capitals

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: dado from c15 screen; early c16 painted figures in ogee headed panels

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: dado from c15 screen; early c16 painted figures in ogee headed panels

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: monument to Nicholas Eveleigh of Bovey Tracey, d.1618

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: Nicholas Eveleigh of Bovey Tracey, d.1618; Steward of the Devon Stannaries

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: shield from the monuments to Nicholas Eveleigh, d.1618

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: alabaster monument to Elice Hele of Bovey Tracey, d.1636, second husband of Alice Bray

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: Elice Hele of Bovey Tracey, d.1636; legal robes

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: Mary (nee Hender of Botreaux Castle), first wife of Elice Hele, d.1636

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: Alice (Bray), second wife of Elice Hele, d.1636

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: Walter, d.1624 aged twelve, son of Elice Hele, d.1636, & first wife Mary (Hender)

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: shield & crest from the Elice Hele monument

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: shield from the Elice Hele monument; for first wife, arms of Hender

  • St Peter, St Paul & St Thomas of Canterbury: shield from the Elice Hele monument; for second wife, arms of Bray

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Entry Name: Church of St Peter and St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury

Listing Date: 23 August 1955

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1334077

English Heritage Legacy ID: 84486

ID on this website: 101334077

Location: Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13

County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Civil Parish: Bovey Tracey

Built-Up Area: Bovey Tracey

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Bovey Tracey St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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